An applicant who married after receiving their AOR used the webform to notify IRCC and upload their marriage certificate, then wasn't sure whether their spouse had actually been added to the file.
What group members advised:- Check your online account for independent (spouse) details — if they're not showing, IRCC hasn't processed the addition yet. A confirmation email that your documents were 'received and added to your profile' isn't the same as your spouse being formally added; wait for a further update.
- Expect this to take real time. One member reported it took almost a month after informing IRCC of a post-AOR marriage before IRCC came back requesting additional documents — so a wait of several weeks to a month before hearing anything further is normal, not a sign something went wrong.
The practical takeaway: submit the marriage certificate and notification via webform as done here, then monitor your online account for the spouse's details to appear rather than relying on the receipt confirmation alone — and expect the update to take a few weeks to a month.